pazmanyflyer
Well Known Member
PIC1 - Strapped down frame and skin and fit everything pretty well.
PIC2 - Closed the gap to 0. I'll remove a little at a time to have a nice fit. after this I followed instruction (pretty sure) and drilled and riveted the 614 splice place at front of Wd-716. All still fit well.
PIC3 - Filed away the common interference for clearance.
PIC4 - Wasn't really happy with the low spot at the front center of the canopy skin so I shimmed it up with .032.
PIC5 - Ahhhh that's better.
PIC6 - Filled away the front of the canopy skin to relieve the interference between the the skins. It cam out to 3/32. Not bad I guess. This is the closest I can get without the skins catching each other while opening the canopy frame.
PIC7 - After all that on/off/on/off work I now have gaps at the front of the WD-716 frame. Ughhhh.
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PIC9 - Here you can see the back of the frame sits nicely on the longeron, but the front (on both sides) stick out almost 1/4" at the sides.
I know the canopy build checks your ego and sanity. I still went in knowing that but dang. How do I bring those in?
PIC2 - Closed the gap to 0. I'll remove a little at a time to have a nice fit. after this I followed instruction (pretty sure) and drilled and riveted the 614 splice place at front of Wd-716. All still fit well.
PIC3 - Filed away the common interference for clearance.
PIC4 - Wasn't really happy with the low spot at the front center of the canopy skin so I shimmed it up with .032.
PIC5 - Ahhhh that's better.
PIC6 - Filled away the front of the canopy skin to relieve the interference between the the skins. It cam out to 3/32. Not bad I guess. This is the closest I can get without the skins catching each other while opening the canopy frame.
PIC7 - After all that on/off/on/off work I now have gaps at the front of the WD-716 frame. Ughhhh.
PIC8 -
PIC9 - Here you can see the back of the frame sits nicely on the longeron, but the front (on both sides) stick out almost 1/4" at the sides.
I know the canopy build checks your ego and sanity. I still went in knowing that but dang. How do I bring those in?
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